To Be Equal

To Be Equal: No justice for Eric Garner

NYPD Must Terminate Officer Who Used Excessive Force. “It was Eric and my family five years ago, but it could be you and yours today or tomorrow."

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To Be Equal: Michelle Obama at Essence Fest: Frank and Free

"And if we're thinking about what the agenda is, which is getting to a place where we all live in a country where we're proud to pass on to our kids, going high is the only way we get there."

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To Be Equal: Legalizing Marijuana

States Should Follow Illinois’ Lead on Expungement, Opportunity in New Cannabis Law. “The U.S. “war on drugs” — a decades-long policy of racial and class suppression hidden behind cannabis criminality..."

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To Be Equal: Farewell to a Legend

“I was taught that your job was to make this earth better. I hope my children will carry on. I hope I’ve taught them enough to keep trying to grow, keep trying to make people understand how to enjoy life."

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To Be Equal: Why is the Insurance Industry Pushing Repeal of Discrimination Protection?

 “As long as the color of a man's skin determines his choice of housing, no investment in the physical rebuilding of our cities will free the men and women living there..."

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To Be Equal: Getting Counted

“Despite the positive changes we have made throughout history, there is a persistent trend of bad actors playing politics with the survey in order to disenfranchise racial minorities."

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To Be Equal: Why private school vouchers are a failed experiment

“How bad are school vouchers for students? Far worse than most people imagine. Indeed, the use of school vouchers—which provide families with public dollars to spend on private schools—is equivalent to missing out on more than one-third of a year of classroom learning.” 

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To Be Equal: Mourning a champion

This week we lost Judge Damon J. Keith, one of the greatest champions of voting rights in American history. More on his legacy. 

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To Be Equal: Hate Crime Surge Continues With Burning of Black Churches

"A lot of people want to make it a hate thing. Well, we don't represent hate. We represent love. Togetherness. Peace. Long suffering. Hope."

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Ferguson Empowerment Cente Tribute To Movement For Social Change That Followed Michael Brown’s Death [August 2, 2017]

“Ferguson was used by some of America’s enemies and critics to deflect attention from their shortcomings overseas; to undermine our efforts to promote justice around the world … But America is special not because we’re perfect; America is special because we work to address our problems, to make our union more perfect.  We fight for more justice.  We fight to cure what ails us.

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